Juan Cortez, 19, of the Bronx, admitted to stabbing White as well as Lafayette Upshaw, 21, and Vaughn Trotman, 24, outside of 1310 W. Chew St, according to an affidavit filed by Allentown police.

Angelina Cortez said Juan Cortez, who was charged with criminal homicide, is not related to her.

Police found Upshaw in a doorway Wednesday at 1325 W. Chew St. with "numerous life-threatening stab wounds," according to the affidavit. He was in critical condition Thursday afternoon, said an official at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.

Trotman was treated for a stab wound to the leg at St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, and released to police for questioning, the affidavit states.

According to the document, Juan Cortez told police he was sitting at 1308 W. Chew St. with three other people when three men from 1310 W. Chew -- later identified as White, Upshaw and Trotman -- started to fight with him.

Juan Cortez told police he pulled a knife from his pocket during the fight and stabbed the three men, who fled in different directions.

Police found Juan Cortez and other suspected participants in the fight at 1308 W. Chew St., the affidavit states. Police also found the knife on an outside window sill at the address, where Juan Cortez said he hid it.

Trotman, however, told police he was inside 1310 W. Chew St. when he heard a disturbance outside, the affidavit states. He said he came to the front door and found Upshaw and White fighting with Juan Cortez, and he was stabbed in the leg when he tried to break up the fight.

The affidavit says Trotman lives at 1310 W. Chew St., although neighbors said Wednesday the building is vacant.

White's most recent address was 526 Tilghman St., said White's girlfriend of five months, Latasha Robinson of Allentown. Angelina Cortez said White's mailing address was his mother's address at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, La. Family members said White grew up in New York and had lived recently in Columbia, S.C.

Robinson said he had lived in Allentown sporadically over the past four years.

"He got in trouble before, but he was trying to start all over again," Robinson said. "He was so sweet."

White "didn't have much direction, but he chose his own path," Angelina Cortez said. "He was a very fun and loving kid. He was just young and naive."

"He had a loving heart," said White's mother, Stephanie Hendricks. "I guess every mother says that about her child, but he really did."

Hendricks said she last spoke with White, whom she calls "L.C.," on Sunday, when he called to wish her a happy birthday.

"All he ever wanted to do was rap," Robinson said.

His mother agreed, adding, "It just came natural to him."

Angelina Cortez said she recently asked White to rap some of his lyrics for her. The songs talked about "living the good life," but "I didn't hear anything about selling drugs, or guns," she said, stressing that White was a Christian.

Juan Cortez was committed to Lehigh County Prison without bail. In addition to the criminal homicide charge, he was charged with two counts of each of aggravated assault, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment.

District Attorney James Martin said Wednesday he did not expect anyone else to be charged in the stabbing.